The Berkman Center for Internet and Society offers a free online course called Privacy in Cyberspace at www.berkmancenter.org that discusses key topics of the privacy debate (click "Online Lectures & Discussions; then scroll down to "Online Lecture and Discussion Series 1999" and click "Privacy in Cyberspace"). The Nation article "Privacy for Sale: Peddling Data on the Internet" at www.TheNation.com/ issue/970623/0623shap.htm (formerly www.newmedium.com/nation/ html/issue/970623/0623shap.htm) introduces the idea of a market for privacy as an alternative to broad federal legislation. If you search Wired magazine's archives (www.wired.com), you'll find a variety of articles on privacy. You can learn how Canada and other countries are approaching privacy issues at the Freedom of Information and Individual Privacy from Access to Justice Network site, www.acjnet.org/ resource/primary.html. "The Anti-Privacy Lobby" from Mother Jones magazine at www.motherjones.com/news_wire/privacy.html describes why corporations are so keen on having the right to collect and sell information about you. At the InfoWar.com site, www.infowar.com, you can find links to privacy and security resources from the conservative to the paranoid. Privacy in the Information Age by Fred H. Cate (Brookings Institute, 1997) discusses the technology, issues, values, and legal landscape surrounding the privacy debate.
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